Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) by country
Wage and salaried workers (employees) are those workers who hold the type of jobs defined as "paid employment jobs," where the incumbents hold explicit (written or oral) or implicit employment contracts that give them a basic remuneration that is not directly dependent upon the revenue of the unit for which they work.
Countries reporting
186
Highest
99.3%
Qatar
Lowest
11.9%
Chad
Median
67.4%
Years covered
35
1991–2025
Data points
8,176
What the numbers show
Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 99.3% in Qatar; the lowest is 11.9% in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 67.4%, and the mean is 61.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.
Over the past decade 138 countries rose and 48 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 25.5%), and the largest decrease in Democratic Republic of Congo (down 15.5%).
Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 99.3% | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 2 | Bahrain | 97.8% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 3 | Kuwait | 96.3% | 2025 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 4 | Oman | 95.3% | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | 95.0% | 2025 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 94.7% | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 7 | Norway | 93.8% | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 8 | Brunei | 93.7% | 2025 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 9 | Belarus | 93.0% | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 10 | Russia | 93.0% | 2025 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 11 | United States | 92.0% | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 12 | Macao | 90.6% | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 13 | Denmark | 90.1% | 2025 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 14 | Germany | 89.9% | 2025 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 15 | Japan | 89.7% | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 16 | Luxembourg | 89.2% | 2025 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 17 | Hong Kong | 89.1% | 2025 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 18 | Cyprus | 88.2% | 2025 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 19 | United States Virgin Islands | 88.2% | 2025 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 20 | Jordan | 87.1% | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 21 | Sweden | 86.2% | 2025 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 22 | Hungary | 85.9% | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 23 | Israel | 85.8% | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 24 | Bulgaria | 85.7% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 25 | Lithuania | 85.6% | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 26 | Austria | 85.5% | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 27 | Canada | 84.7% | 2025 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 28 | France | 84.4% | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 29 | Latvia | 84.1% | 2025 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 30 | United Kingdom | 83.8% | 2025 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 31 | Singapore | 83.8% | 2025 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 32 | Estonia | 83.5% | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 33 | Maldives | 83.5% | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 34 | Croatia | 83.4% | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 35 | Finland | 83.4% | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 36 | Puerto Rico | 83.3% | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 37 | Malta | 83.1% | 2025 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 38 | Romania | 83.0% | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 39 | Iceland | 82.8% | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 40 | Slovenia | 82.7% | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 41 | Guam | 82.6% | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 42 | Portugal | 82.5% | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 43 | Spain | 82.5% | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 44 | Belgium | 82.3% | 2025 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 45 | Ireland | 81.7% | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 46 | Switzerland | 81.5% | 2025 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 47 | Czechia | 80.7% | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 48 | South Africa | 80.6% | 2025 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 49 | Australia | 80.5% | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 50 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 80.4% | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 51 | North Macedonia | 79.6% | 2025 | up 12.8% | flat |
| 52 | Netherlands | 79.6% | 2025 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 53 | French Polynesia | 79.4% | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 54 | Slovakia | 79.0% | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 55 | New Zealand | 78.5% | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 56 | New Caledonia | 78.3% | 2025 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 57 | Montenegro | 77.7% | 2025 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 58 | Mauritius | 77.5% | 2025 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 59 | Ukraine | 77.4% | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 60 | Bahamas | 76.8% | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 61 | Poland | 76.6% | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 62 | Suriname | 76.3% | 2025 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 63 | Palestine | 76.0% | 2022 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 64 | Chile | 75.2% | 2025 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 65 | Equatorial Guinea | 75.1% | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 66 | Italy | 75.0% | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 67 | South Korea | 74.7% | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 68 | Barbados | 74.3% | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 69 | Eswatini | 74.2% | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 70 | Egypt | 73.8% | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 71 | Kazakhstan | 73.2% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 72 | Libya | 72.9% | 2025 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 73 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 72.5% | 2025 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 74 | Argentina | 72.4% | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 75 | Botswana | 71.9% | 2025 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 76 | Cuba | 71.3% | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 77 | Tunisia | 71.2% | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 78 | Costa Rica | 71.2% | 2025 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 79 | Gabon | 71.0% | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 80 | Turkey | 70.8% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 81 | Tajikistan | 70.7% | 2025 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 82 | Malaysia | 70.4% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 83 | Serbia | 70.3% | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 84 | Uruguay | 70.0% | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 85 | Mexico | 69.3% | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 86 | El Salvador | 69.2% | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 87 | Iraq | 69.0% | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 88 | Algeria | 68.6% | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 89 | Namibia | 68.4% | 2025 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 90 | Cape Verde | 68.4% | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 91 | Trinidad and Tobago | 68.0% | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 92 | Guatemala | 67.9% | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 93 | Guyana | 67.4% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 94 | Philippines | 67.4% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 95 | Armenia | 67.0% | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 96 | Lebanon | 67.0% | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 97 | Saint Lucia | 66.3% | 2025 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 98 | Kyrgyzstan | 66.3% | 2025 | up 14.8% | flat |
| 99 | Belize | 65.9% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 100 | Turkmenistan | 65.6% | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 101 | Brazil | 65.5% | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 102 | Greece | 65.1% | 2025 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 103 | Fiji | 65.1% | 2025 | up 7.7% | flat |
| 104 | Rwanda | 62.6% | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 105 | Honduras | 61.2% | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 106 | China | 60.4% | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 107 | Jamaica | 59.9% | 2025 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 108 | Tonga | 59.1% | 2025 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 109 | Nicaragua | 58.9% | 2025 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 110 | Paraguay | 58.6% | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 111 | Venezuela | 58.1% | 2025 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 112 | Lesotho | 57.8% | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 113 | Panama | 57.1% | 2025 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 114 | Sri Lanka | 57.1% | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 115 | Mongolia | 57.1% | 2025 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 116 | Sao Tome and Principe | 56.4% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 117 | Iran | 56.0% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 118 | Morocco | 56.0% | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 119 | Sudan | 55.8% | 2022 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 120 | Syria | 54.2% | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 121 | Eritrea | 53.6% | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 122 | Somalia | 53.5% | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 123 | Ecuador | 53.4% | 2025 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 124 | Djibouti | 53.2% | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 125 | Colombia | 52.3% | 2025 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 126 | Samoa | 51.5% | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 127 | Peru | 51.4% | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 128 | Indonesia | 51.3% | 2025 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 129 | Vietnam | 51.3% | 2025 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 130 | Georgia | 50.9% | 2025 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 131 | Comoros | 50.7% | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 132 | Dominican Republic | 50.5% | 2025 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 133 | Cambodia | 49.5% | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 134 | Mauritania | 49.3% | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 135 | Thailand | 48.5% | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 136 | Albania | 48.2% | 2025 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 137 | Yemen | 48.1% | 2025 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 138 | Pakistan | 47.7% | 2025 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 139 | Uzbekistan | 46.4% | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 140 | Gambia | 44.4% | 2025 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 141 | Malawi | 44.4% | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 142 | Kenya | 43.3% | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 143 | Senegal | 42.5% | 2025 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 144 | Moldova | 42.2% | 2025 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 145 | Vanuatu | 41.9% | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 146 | Bangladesh | 41.2% | 2025 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 147 | North Korea | 39.6% | 2025 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 148 | Bhutan | 39.1% | 2025 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 149 | Solomon Islands | 39.0% | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 150 | Ghana | 38.2% | 2025 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 151 | Azerbaijan | 37.6% | 2025 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 152 | Cameroon | 37.5% | 2025 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 153 | Zimbabwe | 36.7% | 2025 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 154 | Bolivia | 36.7% | 2025 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 155 | Cote d'Ivoire | 36.6% | 2025 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 156 | Congo | 35.5% | 2025 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 157 | Zambia | 35.5% | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 158 | Myanmar | 34.3% | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 159 | Guinea-Bissau | 33.8% | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 160 | Angola | 33.5% | 2025 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 161 | Liberia | 33.0% | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 162 | Togo | 31.4% | 2025 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 163 | Haiti | 29.8% | 2025 | down 8.7% | flat |
| 164 | East Timor | 29.3% | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 165 | Nepal | 28.6% | 2025 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 166 | Papua New Guinea | 27.6% | 2025 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 167 | Mali | 27.0% | 2025 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 168 | Laos | 26.9% | 2025 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 169 | India | 26.7% | 2025 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 170 | Uganda | 26.3% | 2025 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 171 | Benin | 24.4% | 2025 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 172 | Guinea | 23.7% | 2025 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 173 | Burkina Faso | 22.8% | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 174 | Burundi | 21.3% | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 175 | Mozambique | 21.1% | 2025 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 176 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 20.2% | 2025 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 177 | South Sudan | 19.7% | 2023 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 178 | Tanzania | 19.6% | 2025 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 179 | Ethiopia | 17.4% | 2025 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 180 | Central African Republic | 17.3% | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 181 | Afghanistan | 17.2% | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 182 | Sierra Leone | 17.0% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 183 | Nigeria | 17.0% | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 184 | Niger | 15.4% | 2025 | up 23.4% | falling |
| 185 | Madagascar | 13.9% | 2025 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 186 | Chad | 11.9% | 2025 | down 10.6% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- North America 91.2%
- Channel Islands 88.2%
- High income 86.9%
- Post-demographic dividend 86.4%
- Euro area 83.0%
- European Union 82.7%
- OECD members 82.0%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 80.7%
- Europe & Central Asia 80.4%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 77.1%
- Arab World 74.1%
- Caribbean small states 70.2%
About this data
Wage and salaried workers (employees) are those workers who hold the type of jobs defined as "paid employment jobs," where the incumbents hold explicit (written or oral) or implicit employment contracts that give them a basic remuneration that is not directly dependent upon the revenue of the unit for which they work.